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• What did the South Africans ever do for us?
Over the last fortnight, Facebook fans of the official Rugby World Cup have been voting on their favourite players to make up the 2011 Rugby World Cup Dream Team. Based on suggestions a shortlist of names for each position was posted daily and saw 160,000 votes being cast. The final 15 is below a
Adrian O'Farrell takes a fascinating look at who might fill the number 13 jersey for the 2012 Six Nations championship. Read the article here...
It has been confirmed that Brian O'Driscoll will undergo surgery on his shoulder that could keep him out for up to six months. The long standing injury to his neck and shoulder mean he is most likely out of Ireland's 2012 RBS 6 Nations as well as most of Leinster's Heineken Cup title defence.
Brian O'Driscoll has announced that the 2013 Lions tour to Australia will be his last trip providing he remains injury free and retains form until then. If he can manage to get onto the British and Irish Lions team he will have 18 months of rugby. O'Driscoll admist that he's dreading the thought
Three tries in the second half saw Ireland through to the quarter finals of the Rugby World Cup 2011 as Pool C winners! O'Driscoll's 45th try moved Ireland to 17-9 in the second half and with players all stepping up tot he mark the space was created for Keith Earls to celebrate his 24th birthday
A win ? A draw ? A defeat with two bonus point? Nobody really cares which way Ireland do it, all of the above work as results on Sunday which would see Ireland go through to the knockout stages. The euphoria of that win over Australia is over, it's time to knuckle down. We always knew tha
Ireland started well in very wet conditions in Stadium Taranaki pushing the US Eagles back on to their line, however they couldn't maintain this as play became scrappy through handling errors (hopefully due to the weather). Sexton finally scored his third penalty (what is it about this ball and k
David Wallace has been left out of Declan Kidney's squad for the warm up game against France tomorrow, Wallace has a hamstring injury but is expected to be fit for the England game on 27th August. Shane Jennings will be his replacement. O'Driscoll will return after missing the last two defeats ag
Brian O'Drioscoll has explained that before committing to his new Leinster contract that will keep him there until the end of 2013 he "played with a few ideas". He turned down an offer to play in Australia and stayed loyal to his home-town team... "I have a wife with her own profession that I
A young England side turned up aiming for a Grand Slam, and instead felt the backlash as Ireland put that Wales try behind them in spectacular fashion! The Ireland scrum took apart England and a back row of Sean O'Brien, David Wallace and Jamie Heaslip ripped into the breakdown, carrying with in
